Discovery hapens in the overlap of difference communities... in the clashes of difference.

You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really motivates you and then tweak your incentives to sustain your long-term pursuits.

The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic

Share ownership of your ideas. The more people who lie awake in bed thinking about your idea, the better.

When the next step is unclear, the best way to figure it out is to take action. Constant motion is the key to execution.

All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn’t all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it’s reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.

Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.